With many of Africa’s key species, including elephants’, heading toward extinction, Akashinga is a radical, new and highly effective weapon against poaching. Founded in Zimbabwe by former Australian special forces soldier and anti-poaching leader Damien Mander, the women-only team of leaders is revolutionizing the way animals are protected, communities are empowered; and its members own lives are being transformed. Mander’s innovative approach to conservation calls for community buy-in rather than full-on armed assault against poachers. If a community understands the economic benefits of preserving animals, then it will eliminate poaching without an armed struggle. The Akashinga Brave one resonates the same sentiment as Endangerrd; “Where There’s life there is hope” and “Let us not endure the loneliness of their vanishing” Consequently, our wildlife needs more than our protection, it needs our human help, let us not endure the loneliness of their vanishing”